River Wren
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The great 'pop' vs 'soda' vs 'coke' map. Nary a Yankee on there saying 'pop'. (Yankee being a New Englander.)Yes, when I was a kid, we used the word coke for ANY soft drink.We had a couple here from AR a few weeks ago and I went thru some of the words they would run across here that probably would not get them what they wanted. The most important being 'Coke'. 'Coke' around here gets you Coke, not Pepsi, not ginger ale, not 7-up. They said, 'Yeah, we found that out yesterday.'cooler, igloo, in New Zealand where he was born they call them "chilly bins".ROTFLMAO!Joey Bloggs said:cooler, igloo, in New Zealand where he was born they call them "chilly bins"
Where I come from a "chilly bin" is a woman who won't put out.
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They already knew about the iced tea. They said they were warned in advance that no one here would make the tea the right way.
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Also in Arkansas we call them sodas, not "pop". Only Yankees say pop.
90% of people in my town no longer order tea. They only order "sweettea" (all one word) referring to iced tea with the sugar added while it's still hot. They say it tastes better than unsweetened tea that has the sugar added after it's iced.
I wouldn't know. I only like it unsweetened, with lemon preferred.
My dad had a first cousin who taught at Cornell U. in New York for about 100 years. When she would come to visit, she'd order tea at restaurants and was always shocked when she got iced tea rather than the hot tea she wanted. She was never good at the "when in Rome" thing. Pitched many fits. Embarrassed me no end.
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You, OTOH, saying 'soda' must get you funny looks given the map showing a preponderance of 'coke' lovers. Unless you live in that little, tiny corner in the, you guessed it, northeast.
.Well now we need another map. Nobody I know limits the term "Yankee" just to New England (though I stipulate that you are technically correct). Yankees to us are all people from non-Confederate Civil War states east of Nebraska, and it's not considered a compliment to call someone a Yankee.Morticia said:Nary a Yankee on there saying 'pop'. (Yankee being a New Englander.)
Most of the Yankees we Arkansans run across are from Illinois and Michigan. For some reason they like to retire to Arkansas. They are not loved because they're prone to calling a spade a spade, rather than sugar-coating their opinions the way we do.
Interestingly, we like folks from New England (the real Yankees). They are considered exotic and foreign, like the British, French, or Vulcans.
.lol, you're funny.Arkansawyer said:Interestingly, we
like folks from New England (the real Yankees). They are considered exotic and foreign, like the British, French, or Vulcans.
I'm visualizing Fabio with vulcan ridges on his forehead. . . 'cep, of course he's Italian.
.Vulcans don't have forehead ridges. That's the Klingons.The Farmers Daughter said:...with vulcan ridges on his forehead...
Vulcans have pointy ears. Like Yankees.
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hahahahaha! Busted! You are clearly not a trekkie!Arkansawyer said:Vulcans don't have forehead ridges. That's the Klingons.The Farmers Daughter said:...with vulcan ridges on his forehead...
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